Another Query

[kerravonsen]

Can anyone tell me the origin of calling the Master "Koschei"? Because I just came across, in The Red Fairy Book, a story titled "The Death of Koshchei the Deathless" (naturally, Koshchei was the evil villain). Coincidence?

Comments

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure it was first used in the novel The Dark Path by David McIntee, which provided a lot of interesting but dubiously canonical backstory for the Master. And I'm quite sure it wasn't coincidence, and that McIntee took the name from the fairy-tale character.

[kerravonsen]

Ah. Thanks.

[lonemagpie.livejournal.com]

Yep. That's where the name came from - it's an ancient Russian myth

[kerravonsen]

Aha! Straight from the horse's mouth. Thanks.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Yep, he's from Russian legend. The Wiki has a page on him. :-)